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      THESLWE . S _01 SQ . _BvElNtSTjOSES . ( From The Labourer for Jane . ) Wh » r _* ' « the slave wonld wear a fetter , Hade to Maromnm ' _s modem cnrse ! He who yields shall fare no better ; H « " who _mrives can fare no worse . Where ' s the man of manlv _darinr , Wise in word and hold in deed—Self-nn cparinc "—danger-sharing "With a brother in hi _« need ! Blind _hnodwtnkinjt—dustnrd shrinking Hetven and Earth shall cnrse alike ; Ri = e ! tbe ' rain is fired with thinking , Rice ! the arm i « _strong to strike . Ho _rMjedimr—no _retrcatine !

      Every man must do his part . While the march of _freedom ' s heating In the Wood of every heart . By the _s'arvintr infant ' s erring . Bvthe mother's moan for bread , By the millions of the dyinc _. By the thin , nnbnried dead—By _« hp land that yon inherit , Frem the Father . God , wo" ( fare-By the Heaven you cannot mejrit If yon die a willing slave : TFill yon let yonr children perish _. At the rich man's ' scutcheoned gate , And th _<» wife yon fondly _cVrish , Serve his lust and swell his state ? Tell the tyrant—tell the traitor .

      Who crows rich on yonr distrpsq _. Ton are Man—and «* ois greater ? You are Man—and he is less ! Tell the thine if lordly malice . _Lihonr means to claim its due ; While _forifw there is the palace , The bastile is not fer too . And if then he proudly brave you _. Sconced within his eelden _might ; Use the right yonr Maker gave yon—Sweep him—sweep him from your sight !

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      S 05 G—FOR THE _EMANCIPATED , Ho more in the cold _slimey vault of the alley , With care br _, _iodinsr o ' er me to deepen the doom , Shall I envy the freeman , who _plo _* ht in the valley _. And sings of thej » ys that await him at home . A home I have found , witb a field for my labour ; Where wealth shall reward me , —what more can I crave ! With wealth and contentment , a fri end for my _neighhotr _, Set free from the bonds that had bound me a slave . I awake with the dawn to my morning devotion ; I sing with the lark as she flutter- on high ; I toil , till tbe son seeks repose in the ocean , And night ' s modest green takes her place in the sky .

      But toil is not toil , when ' tis conpl'd with pleasure ; And n < ght brings enjoyment , as homeward I turn , Where I tc * on the threshold my hearth ' s priceless tr asure , Whose smiles are the welcome that greets my retarn . Bj my side soon is seated a son or a daughter ; Another , by birthright , ia placed on the knee While a third , in my arms , with its infantine laughter , Is paid with a kiss for its prattling glee . From a plentiful board with a wholesome repast ,

      Supplied for onr wants from a _. ' _eenerons store , We eat and ate thankful , —nor dream of a / art _. Still reserving acrost for the wandering poor . Invested witb rights which nn despot can plunder , I sit in tbe midst of my lawful domain ; And strange are my thoughts of _enj-iyment and wonder , While _gazuu entranc _ed on the life-giving grain . Now life bath its _pleasures , —I ' m bl * st in my station ; £ The day ha < it 3 comforts , and night its repose ; Ko dreams haunt my _slwrbers with dismal relation , Or wake me to brood over want and its woes .

      To him . by whose efforts I thns am victorious , Shall gratitude reign in my bosom supreme ; And bright be his path ae his mission is glorious , His name shall henceforth of my song be the theme O'Connor ! the dread of tbe haughty oppressor , Tbe tamer of tyrants , —tbe foeman of wrong : Of down trodden labour , the friend and redresser , Tby name shall for ever re-echo in song . Edinburgh . J . _Haskxess .

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      The Labourer. A Monthly Magadne Of Polit...

      THE LABOURER . A Monthly Magadne of Polities , literature . Poetry , _ttc . Edited by Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., and Ernest Jones , tsq . June . London : Northern Star Office , 16 , Great Windmill-street , Haymarket . This number _concludes the first volnmeof this deeo t ? tiiy successful representative and champion of Labour . The success of this publication has been be * ond all precedent , having , we believe , from tbe first number achieved a paying circulation , if not something more—a novelty in _magazine ventures . This must be gratifying to the editors in more than

      one sense , not tbe least being tbe proof the large circulation of their work affords , that tbe democratic public are satisfied witb , and appreciate _. their labours in the good work to which they have devoted their pens . May the mutual satisfaction continue The present numbir contains a portrait of the people ' s parliamentary leader , T . S . Duneombe , member for Finsbury . The engraving , a reduced copy of the admirable portrait presented tothe readers of the Northern Star , is well executed , and will form an apuropriale frontispiece to tho volume . The accompanyingnotice isvery meagre ; a "Memoir , " however brief , woald have given more satisfaction .

      \ Ve have a prolusion of poetry in tke present number ; no less than three pieces by Ernest Jones . The first , entitled " Tbe Slave-Song . " we have given above The third , entitled " The Battle . " is very spirited ; brimful—as all such poetry should be—of blood and thunder . Tbe «• Insurrections ofthe Working Classes , " exhibits , this month , a _startling panorama of the corruptions and crimes of the Romish Church , which did so much towards brutalizing the masses in all countries , at the same time provoking the resistance ofthe enlightened and free in soul , and even the brutah _' zed peas antry when goaded by priestcraft , lnrdcraft . and kirgcraft to despair . Tbe story of tbe _Revolt of Picardy proves , _indeed , that " truth is strange—stranger than fiction . " From a Letter to Lord John Russell by the Editors , we give the followinz extract : — ¦ TBE COStlSO ELECT 16 S .

      _MvLird the mxtgeneral election will seal the doom of intricuing , so far as Ireland is concerned . A yonng mina has outgrown old absurdities , and leaders of a popular cause cannot now live upon vulgar abuse of everything but themselves , henctfoith they must assume a positive , rather than a mere negative position ; ana hence yon will nnd the leaders ofthe Irish party will be _compelled to assume some positive , _distinct , and defined counte , and that course will be SEPARATION from the LOG that has all but realised the method of tranquillizing Ireland recommended by an English philanthrop i st ,

      r « . to sink her under waterfor twenry-fonr hours . Too true , famine has thinned the ranks of jour enemies , and emi'rstinn his scattered your foe « , but "IRELAND FOR THE IRISH , " wiU he a great RALLYING CRY , and the frown of the nnwiliing exiles may gatbrif into _snothi-rdark cloud in the WEST , which tbe promise of Irish mercenaries to fight Oppression's battle , wiU not be able to di-pel . America is how half Irish in blood and wholly Irish in feeling , and as sure as yonr name is Russell , you must give Ireland to the Irish , or America wiil do it for yon .

      _Sach , _mylno -d , are yonr Irish difficulties , while yon will find THE CHURCH and TAXATION your English rumbling-blocks . Thatis , the _tax-psjerswi-1 not longer con-sent to make amends for your general misrule , while onr _overerown Establishment shall be allowed to go scot free . You may rest _scared that tho day is gone when the spiritual essence of a few raving religious fanatics in the H « n « e of _C- _» m nons can rally an ont door support for MOTHER CHURCH . People will no longer be duped by the HUMBUG CRY df "' HlGH-CHCRCH . LOW . CHURCH , or NO-CHURCH , neither will the purely _religionstMline of this _enlightened age be roused to madness by the EXHORTATIONS ofan Inglis ora Plumptre . _Tnumu « t reduce taxation , and the Church is the only AVAILABLE _liXCnEQJJER . ' The old cow has been vealed , nay stalled , and now _necessity compels those who have fed hi-r to bursting , to cry out—

      -RESTOREBE _1 TORE—RESTORE . " . .. The silent progression of . unheeded Chartism will astound j on , and , thanks to your venal and corrupt press , will burst like a shell amid au amazed , a paralysed and ignorant ari « . > craey . . Where was tbe pellcy in withholding ths existence of such a . national mind as _Ohnrtis-n has now resolved itself into , _especially KSOWliEOGE and POWER . 1 A word of admonition , and we have done . When Chartism next appears in the field , it will present itself in improved vigour and increased _etr en _^ h , so strong as to drfy the force of faction , and so _or-anizedastodefy the _L-iw ' s treachery . This power you cannot conciliate by patronage or destroy by persecation . Every leader that treachery has subdued has but strength .-tied the ranks of this fruitful service , while the o * lv benefit you have derived from individual des < rti-m > . i < - » i » tn additional odium and increased popular Watchfulness .

      « _y L m . THE TRIALDAY is at hand—the day when vour LEARNED _supporters will be caicch : z _? d by an IGNORANT _I'Oi'CLaCE , when ynur every measure will h ; « erious ' yscanoe . 1 , and wheu Whig influence -nil * be scattered by aa unacknowledged and unkuown pow « r . which j on _have laboured to destroy by persecution , by mi'ivjiresentiiion and silence , hut which , thanks to a brave , a confiding and generous people , has survived the

      The Labourer. A Monthly Magadne Of Polit...

      treachery of faction , th * taw * * oppression , and the silence of a venal , a hired , a corrupt and licentious Preso WE WII . L MEET AGAIN , MY LORD . _^ We have given in another column " an ow ' _re true " picture ofthe fate « f too many thousand of _thedowntiodden people of this _country , extracted from this number of the _Loooiwer . entitled - An English L , , fe » _Cwtinaatimw of The Romance of a People , _Confmmns of a King , " and » The Jolly _Yonru Poacher ; " together with a welt-timed _L-itterto Sir Robert Heel" on the Currency , form the r , mamma contents ol this number . We are promised - an impartial sketch of the Character and limes of Daniel O'Connell" in the next number-

      Uowitcs Journal. Part V. London: 171 (Co...

      UowitCs Journal . Part V . London : 171 ( corner of Surrey-street . } Strand . The eloqn nt l _.-ctiire " On the Duties and Rights of Sncietv as to Education , " recently delivered by YV . J . Fox . and _reported in this part of Honitt ' s Journal . dps ervea to be extensively read . The Revelations of Vienna contained in ** _Sights in South Germany , " by Abel Paynter . are _something more than _amusing . The pue * _Hiticsof Viennese soci _*? y makes us laugh , but . _theora-diing tyranny of the Austrian _despotism , and the dirty vulgarities of _English travellers—» f the aristocratic and _fhopocratic _clashes—excit _* ' widely different emotions . An article by R . II . Home . '" On the National Use of Sunday , " is an admirable protest against th _<* bigots , and a triumphant vindication of tbe right ofthe people to make of that day a day of relaxation and enjoyment .

      Lovers of the wild and wonderful will find fond to their taste in William H » witt ' s account of "The Haunted House at Willington . nearNewcasth-upon-Tyn _*' . " A true st « ry of real _ahn-ts , playing their fantastic trick * at the present time , U a treat f _** r the credulous , and a puzzle tor the sceptical , which must sufficient l y astonish both . In a paper under the title of " The natural di nity of Man v . a pmir imitation of Aristocracy , " William Hwitt makes war upon the"timP-hononred " custom of prefixing or affixing the "Mr " or "Esq . " to plebeian names , a ridiculous imitation of the -Duke . " "Earl . " "Lord , " and other _vain-glnrious _ab-urdities o f the gilded few . We need not say that we cordially agree with William Howitt ; we long ago repudiated name handles ; if oilier people persist in forcing them noon us that is not our fault , hut our misfortune . We advise both the _no & _ocr-icy and the . _wooocracy to read William Il"witt * s article We squeeze in a few lines : —

      To speak of our common p-ogmitor as Lord Aditn , — Adam E « q ., orofE' _-e , as La «? y E « e , or the Honourable Mrs Eve , would _bi-cooie a burlesqu-of the most ludicrous description . * * What dreadful havoc shonld we make of the moral sublime if we talked of my Lord Enoch , of the Grand Dukes _Abraham , Isaae . and J . icob , or of hi ; _Excellency the Most Noble Marquis Josrpb , Governor of Egypt , umler his Imperial _Highness , Pha raoh . * * * It may be very well for an archbishop of these days to be styled hu Grace ihe L -rd Archbishop _ofSo-and . So—for a bishop to be dubbed a Right Reverend Father in God—for a dean to he a Very Revet end ; hut what a degradation and _ridiculx would it be to talk

      of His Grace the Archbishop St Paul , ot the Right Reverend Father in God St Peter . * * * In all ag-s , those who have climbed nut ofthe mnhof their tint ** , and planted their glorious feet on the mountain of immortn . litj , have stood forth there too ( . reat and beautiful for the obscuration of their eternal names hy : he foolUb epithets of ordinary flattery , _Hemer , Plato . Socrates , Cicero , Cato . Luther , Saakspere . Milton , Eicon , Newton , and even those living _amongst the fog « of our times , Wordsworth , Byron , Scott , Shelley . How all titles drop away from an immortal name ! How we tear them down , as we would a _beeeat _' s rags from the noble statue of some beneficent divinity ! * * *

      How often do we see in the _announcements of public meetings by the people , that Mr So-and so -. till more a resolution , aud Thomas So nnd-so _. Esquire , will second it ! Let this cant of fictitious squire rchy perish ! L-t us leave this foil , } to the foolish . ' Lee us henceforth be content , nay , for itis a great and arduous strif-.-, let us aspire to be men ; and desire no other glory than to be good men ! Dr Bowrins _: contributes an excellent article on modern Greece , from which we give the following extracts : —

      THE GREEKS . If a people be not brutalised by _despotism , there is no ground for _despair . I _nsvt-r despaired of Greece . In the elasticity and activity ofthe _Helienic intellect , tli . ro was always a _source of hoprful trust and _expectation . Tru _. _* , they drank of the bitterest draught of slavery ! True , they—the intellectual—nere trampled upon by the coarse and brutish ! nut in that fertility of device which was called craftiness and _cunning— in that sub . tlety and readiness which so often ireDchtdon , an < 1 not _Uufrequontly passed over , the barrirrs of truth and honesty—some resource was found _against tyranny that wonld have been otherwise _intolerable . But when the Turkish yoke « as removed , with what a sprim ; the old commercial _spirit ofthe Greek island _rs bur _.-t into

      energetic action ! Even before tbe last successful Hellenic _insurrection , tbe maritime passion of the inhabitants of the _Cyclases was exhibited in a thousand shapes . The best sailors wbo manned the Turkish fl ets were Greeks . That noble race of boatmen who ply _threuith the I ) irdenelles , and about tbe Bosphoru _* _. are mostly Greeks . There w _^ _s scarcely a port in tbe _M-diterranran where the Gre-k mariner , in his _Bation : il custom ,- did not add something to the charms of tbe scene . The ftydriote there might be found in these plain colour * d garments , which the _sumptuary laws of his island _imposed _upon him- There theSciote and the Spe'ziote , the _Candionand the man of Cyprus , the Rhodinn and _Eubenn , were to be seen in the grotesque -varieties of their distinguishing habiliments ; and the Gret-ks have of late been

      more than ever faithful to their trading traditions . Within the last twenty years tbey have nearly monopolized the commerce ofthe Levant . There is nut a pure nor a place , in Europe , where business is carried onto any _ertent , in which Creek merchants are wantins . Every trading city around th « Mediterranean S _< a is crowded with them . Through Egypt they Have penetrated into Nubia , Soudan , and _dotvn to the confluence ofthe blue and white Nils . They hover about tin- R « d Sea , and trade with Abysinnia on the one side , < tnd Arabia on the other , By Ahppo and Danviscu _* tl . ev cariy ou their _barter with _tae'two sidtsof the Euphrates . They have invaded Georgia , _Armenia , and F-. r _.-tia , by the Caspian ; and at this _msmeut the Gre . ks reckon among the r number some oi the most opuleat aud enterprising merchants ofthe world .

      And the women of Greece—what country can exhibit diviner specimens of womanly loveliness ! As a race , I know ol none comparable to them in grace and beauty . Among groups of _Andalusian ladies , you will be struck with tha surpassing charms of some—witb tbe > mall , pretty feet , witb the laughing coquetry , witb the ready repartee , of most , or all . But you will see nothini ; comparable , upon the whole , to an astemblage of Grecian damsels . As a race , I repeat , they are the most beautiful women ofEurope . Go forth at evening on the banks of the Bospboruus—visit any of the Greek villages , either on its eastern or its western banks—ramble on a

      holiday to tbe valley of tbe sweet waters , _toTberapia , _Arnaouat Koe _. or Buyukdere , and you will see forms and fi _ures gliding by , such as the eye of admiration would be nt-ver weary of contemplating , and the _memory be delighted to d it ell upon . Visit any of the European ports where the Greek " merchants most do _consn gate ; " and in tbe evening gatherings , the balls , or conversazioni , in which you observe circles of ladies more charming than _therest _. you may safely pronounce them to be the wtv _« -s and _daughters ofthe _ambulatory and adventurous _traffickers who , from Scio and _Syra , from tbe islands of the Archipelago , or the harbours of the Peloponnesus , have there _tstablishsd themselves .

      Greece has great resources , agricultural and com . mercial . Her present population amounts to nearly a million ; of which about one-half comprises the _Prloponnesus _, abouta quarter of a million are distributed among the _islanos , the remainder in Eastern and Western Greece . But tbe miltion of inhabitants who are _incl-dedin tbe kingdom of Greece comprise _les * than hall of those who call themselves Greeks , and who speak the Romaic tongue . Of these , Macedonia alone—still subject to the Ottoman sway—is inhabited by three quartera of a million of Greeks . The area of King Otho ' s dominions is about siitetn _thousand miles . It _*

      geographical position is admirably adapted to . trailing enterprise . It has multitudinous inlets and superior harbours ; its islands stud the Egean ; it « coasts furnish an abundant supply of able and practised marines ; the spirit of tke people is generally adventurous , and the oce _.-tn may truly be called the home of a large portion of th . G reek community . Its fisheries employ great numbtrs ot hands , who are trained on the shores to a wider field o * maritime exertion . Rivers are not wanting , though better known to the muse than the merchant . But the soil is fertile and various , adapted to the production ol many of the articles most in demand in the great markets of Europe .

      When the independence of Greece was _recognised , nnd "the Great Powers , " as they exiled themselves , presented a kins to the _Gretks , they made a most anhappy choice . Deformed in body , Otbo was sent to govern aland in which , mora than any other , tbe influence of _personal comeliuess is universally felt and _recocti ' _iced—* most natural state of things amon _? a people distinguished lor physical beauty . There stood th : » . _sovereign , singularly ill-featured , in the midst oi a nobl _.- _'nsliioiivd race . A man of intelhctual _sagacity was wanting , to exercUe a becoming authority in a nation of wotvd » rful quickness ; but Otho cam _

      who , tf framed by early education to a _religion other than that of Greece , should have b _» d the wisdom to mould hie prejudices to the opinions , or « _ven tho prejudices , that were to _tuvround him ; but Otho , dcmtied to au eceletia < ittral career , and filled with the narrow vies oi an almost monastic education , was specially _uiifitted for the task he was c tlhd on to fulfil , an 1 lor the discharge of the duties impose ! upon him . But , last and wor _. t of nil , _Oibo wa * not a Greek , but a B _, iv . irian . The place o » hi * birth , indeed , _mattered little , would lie have identified himself " _uith the interests , and the feelings , and fie liberties of Greece—had he consented th _> t Gteece should be lor the Greeks , and his govennnei t a tru ' y Gr _> ek government . To _accomplish tris was his first , his pit-amount , his peremptory obligation . Such i . n

      Uowitcs Journal. Part V. London: 171 (Co...

      obligation never stems to have presented itself tobis mind . Into Greece be sought to transplant Bavaria . Bavarian purposes , Bavarian projects , Bavarian prejudices rule _desp itlcally in Athena . The Revolution of 1813 ought to have aroused bim from bis strange hallucinations . It failed to do so . Tbe Bavarian incubus was indeed got rid of ; but nothing to represent the true policy of Greece was substituted in { its stead . A Constitution was proclaimed , but the old hunkering after despotic and irr - sponsible authority has made that Constitution little better than "a delusion , a mockery , and a snare . " It may , perhaps , have been the intention of the pro _' ecting powers to hand > ver Greece to a weak minded prince ,

      _obstinHte in resistance to all that is progressive , jealous of popular control , and falling back by habit and affection upon those notions of _arbitrary government so acceptable to the powers that be . Ilapply , however , the dynasty is _lik-ity to find in the person of Otho its first aud last representative . He has no descendant , no . * is it _p-obabla he will ever hive a descendant . Arc the Greeks to be meddled with in the choice of a governor , or a form of government 1 Is the wretched experiment which has go signally tailed again to be rep-atcd ! Are Russians and Frenchmen , _Austrians and _Englishmen , to deeiie whom the GreehB shall have for their king 1 It is abhorrent to every sense of right , to every claim of freedom .

      'i he most _interesting of this part ' s contents we have yet to name ; weallude to the extraordinary revelations concerning " Caspar _llauser _. the H ereditary Prince of Baden ' . " We shall try to find room in our next for an extract from these revelations . In the meantime we have much pleasure in recommend ing this part of I / owit t ' s Journal to the attention ol our readers , that they may peruse for themselves the _astounding disclosures of princely villany _, of which , in our own time , Baden has been the scene .

      People's Almanack For 184?. A Polish Fri...

      People ' s Almanack for 184 ? . A Polish friend ha <* favoured us with the following , translated from the German Gazette of Brussels .

      Winteb . —January . February . March . { This season began nn December 22 nd , 1840 , at ib . 22 m . p . h . ) During this season of snow , ice , and thaws , the poor man shivers in the optn frosty air under his miserable rags ; be seek * narrow streets , because there tbe cold penetrates less . He spends his day in looking for work , and in wane of it he endeavours to obtain a piece ol bread from public benevolence . In extreme cases he Buds not even admittance to a poorhouse . At night the p _> or man lie * on the bare ground in a corner , or a _gateway , and praises heaven when by accident he succeeds iu slipping into a stable , where , together with the horses , he can enjoy the warmth and the softness of the . dirt .

      From the end of January the agriculturist begins to prepare the ground for various kinds of food and _fru'ts _. He carries the dung to the fields and _distributes it ; he prepares the _psar , apple , and other fruit-trees , —arranges the hot-beds , and in wine countries plants bis branches of vine . In this season the rich man gets up about _mid-diiy , and takes his breakfast ; he walks ont to enjoy himself , or moves his arm-chair near tbe fireplace till the evening . Then come * the dinner , after which bo spends the evening , and a part of the night , at the theatre , at balU _, concerts , < tf _, At lust fattened he returns home at four o ' clock in the morning , takes a snack and goes to bed , which he leaves a _^ ain at mid-day , in order to pursue the couise of life of the preceding day . Sfbino April , May , June . ( Beginning the 2 Utof March , at on . 42 m . in the morning , when the sun enters the sign of the Ram )

      At this time of showers , of changeable temperature , and _dangerous night frosts , tbe poor man who sleeps on the bare ground is exposed to _sickness in a variety of shapes , by which be is overthrown , or regains bis health as well as hi- can . He has no physician , and the hospital is not open for everybody . lie has got no money for meiiical treatment , and as to bis food , hunger , tbe everlasting diet ot the indigent , is prescribed to him by his only physician—Mr Distress . Tbe agriculturist cultivates his field and sows the sprint ; seeds . He works at the nursery , and in tbe garrlcn < , and provides fjr tho irrigation of the meadows . At this season ihe rich man enjo . vs the remnants of the balls , theatres , and concerts , as well as nightly orgies , and bei / ins to occupy himself with the enjoyments of the fine season . He takes his afternoon ride on horsebtck , and makes his first excursions into the country .

      Sommee . —July , _August , September . ( Beginning June 22 ml , at 2 h . 23 m . in the morning . ) Tne poor man runs b- < r < ifoot over the burning pavement . ' After having carried heavy burdens , or overtired himself by runnini ! about , he rests panting and covered with sweat . He cannot enjoy the luxury of a change of liHon . The cold water , h < - is _wbllseu w drink , to quench his thirst , causes pleurisy nnd inflammation . Tbe _uncieaniiness , inseparable fiom his position , produces skin diseases , Iu summer time the life of the poor man is one of exhaustion , nevertheless this season is tbe least sad for him . The peasant mows his hay , and brings bis grains to tbe barns . He toils under ths searching rays of the sun . The summer leaves him not a single day of rest , not even the Sunday . He workB daily eighteen hours .

      Daring this season the rich man dissipates in the country or abroad the money he has gained by the labour of the working class . In summer time the rich reside in the country , where game , fishing , and walks at evening , give variety to his entertainments . He _goes for six or seven weeks to the waters , as Ems , Wiesbaden , Spa , Aix-la-Chapelle , & c , where he follows gambling and amorous adventures . He visits the poetical ruins of Italy , or by means of a long stick with nn iron guard , and dn-ssed in a fine silken blouse , he climbs up the mountains of _Switzerland , AcrrjHN —October , November , December . ( _Bettinnm . * on September 23 rd , at 4 n . 32 m . p . m . ) Iu this season _begins the rest of the poor man , and _thereat of his stomach too ! Labour bocomes scarcer , and consequently also the means of getting bread . This Course of life weakens him , and entails upon him many diseases he ha * no means of averting .

      Iu this season the agricultuust spends his last care in the vineyards , aud -fathers all that remains on the field ; he _plougha and sows the winter seed , and finishes the remaining works in toe house and out of doors , which on account of the approaching severe season are of pressing necessity . In this season tbe rich man passes away his time in huntit-j . ' _, either on the _fi-lds of his peasants , which he causes to bu destroyed by bis dogs , or on a special ground , where the wild beasts are enclosed in such a manner that they spoil at least a part of the seeds and fruits of the environs . He attends races , and _open-ls _trnreat sums upon which twenty families conld live very comfortable during the whole of a year . In a word , _brttveen the last pleasures of the summer and the first ones cf the winter , he interpolates tha enjoyments of the autumn as an after and precluding entertainment , —»& a chance and seasoning of his money-dissipating life , which is only baaed on selfish enjoyment .

      Paordect.—The Time Is Not Far Rtistaot W...

      _PaorDECT . —The time is not far _rtistaot when th ' n almanack will cease to be tbe almanack of the People .

      Twilight In The West. Tavistock: W. Bren...

      Twilight in the West . Tavistock : W . Brendon Fore-street . The twenty-four pages of this pamphlet appear t be merely the introduction to a _larger work on " Na _tional Education . " The writer slashes away at al parties ; but hi * own views we do clearly compre head .

      The Evils Ofthe Currency. By J. C. Wrigh...

      The Evils ofthe Currency . By J . C . Wright , M . A ., Banker , Nottingham . London : Longman and Co . I This pamphlet is directed against Sir Robert Peel ' s ' Bink Charter Act , and in favour of a two-fold paper _jurrency _. the one , for homo circulation , inconvertible _, md limited to the _amvuntof the taxes , the other for j _intercourse with foreign nations , regu \ atcd in amount by the exchanges , aud convertible at all times . j

      Liinhwat Robbrrt At Mm Day.—Mr J." Salmo...

      _lIinHWAT Robbrrt at Mm day . —Mr J . " Salmons , butcher . Barley , had been to Barkway on business , and was returning : along the high road about eleven o ' _clock in the morning , when he was accosted by a _younu man in the garb of a soldier , who entered into conversation with bim . Mr Salmons walked on with his companion unsuspecting _^ for about half a mile , when the ruffian , who h . id picked up a _large stone on the way , and placed it in a handkerchief , struck hint with this formidable weapon on the head , and having thus aucceerfed it ) _knocking him down . continued to beat him with the atone upon tbe head , until he became perfectly helpless . _Salraonswas then dragged by his assailant into a deep ditch _, where his pockets were rifl _. d . and 10 _? . 6 d . in silver taken . The . soldier then left his victim apparently dead , and retraced his steps towards Barkway . Mr Salmon ? , after some time , recovered his consciousness , and succeeded in reaching a habitation , when

      he gave information of what ha I occurred . The atrocity and boldness of the assault astounded the who e neig _hbourh'ird , nnd in a short time many person * , on foot and on horseback , were encaged in _scniirin . _* " the country in search ofthe _offender , who was at hut found re _^ liny himself at a public-house at Reed , a village near Barkway . He was secured , and handed over tothe police . Owing to the precarious state of the injured man , it was judced advisable immediately to take bis deposition ; and on tbe prisoner belns bronchi to his bed-side , he unhesitatingly identified him , andfuUy detailed to the matristrate the circumstances of the _assitul t . - The prisoner who gave the name of William Atfer , nnd who said he was a deserter from the 8 tli battalion of artillery _, stationed at Woolwich , was , oa Wednesday _, _c-imnutti'd for trial . lie is an athletic young man , about 2 ( 1 years of age . Mr Salmons still lies in a W _" . c _^ _ri-us state , and on Thursday night no hopes fvercentcrtaincd of bis recovery .

      A correspondent ol the Manchester Guardian says , if those who houses arc infested with cockroaches would pour a little strong vinegar down the crevices and holes where they conceal themselves , they would not he lurther troubled with them . " Represent me . " said n gentleman to his artist , " with a hook in my hand , and reading aloud ; paint my servant , aU » , in one corner , where he cannot be keen , but in such a manner that he may heur me when 1 call him . "

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      After A Pause Of Some Months, We Resume ...

      After a pause of some months , we resume onr eelection of extracts from tbe works of the immortal " Childe . " The " historical _trag . dy " of

      "MARINO FALIERO " will _unpplyua with more "beauties"than we can find room for ; but we must confine ourselves to the choicest . Notwithstanding the depreciatory criticisms ol Jeffrey , Bishop Ilcher nnd other authnrit . i s , our sympathies are entirely with Gifford . who declared that no such _tragedy as " Marino Falieio" had appeared in _English since the day when Otway _alro was inspired to his masterpiece-, by the interests of a Venetian story and a Venetian conspiracy . The story may he told in a few words . Marino _F-iliero , a Venetian arjstocrat , possessed of mat military talents , and , in other respects , abilities of the _liis-lieai order , had served the Republic with exeat

      distinction , especially in the wars _against llunuary . 1 _Lwas _subsequently ambassador ac Gcn » a and Rome . While serving in that capacity at the latter _p' _-iee _, he was elected to theDogesbip or Dukedom of Venice . He 8 oon found that the oligarchy was a grinding despotism , by which both prince and people were pitilessly ruled . The pvople were slaves ; the prince a _^ puppet and a tool . Too soon the Doge _disi-nvem ) hi * ducal cap to bu a crown of thorns . Vexi d and irritated at the slights nut upon him . one lasr . insult sufficed to fire the train of his long hrnodim ; hatred . The Doge , though an old man . had for wife a fair and youthful woman , upon wlio _* e tnm « no stain rests . _Nothwitlistandin-. ' her unquestionable virtue _, one Michael Steno , one nf the privileged order , dared

      to write some words of filthy slander , in allusion to the old prince and his _yourm wife , on the very _statechuir ofthe Doge ! Naturally incensed , the D _> "c dc mandi d _justice at ' . he hands of the Senate , who thereupon ordered the offend' _-r to bo punished , bv beim subjected to one month ' s close confinement at his own home . Disgusted with a sentence the Dote duenu d so inadequate to the offence , and _rej-aidiug' tin * Senate ' s sentence on Steno as crowning the lour list ot injuries lie considered lie had . _suffered at the hands of the oligarchy , the piece opens with the appearance of Marino _fjamiv . g with _rasie , and read to clutch at any means of _vengeance which may pre sent themselves . At this moment , one Israel Bettuccio _. _chifif ' of the Arsenal , presents himself before Marino Faliero , and demands of him justice on inn of the aristocrats who had struck him . The _Dngi * answers that ' _hecan neither An the peop _' r justice , n » r

      obtain justice for him-e ! t '; that he is but the slave o the Senate . Israel Bertuccio , finding the _Dujte ripe for mischief , _dis-closes to bim . tbe existence of a con _spiracy for the entire destruction of the _Vcneiiai aristocracy ; _andproffirs _tomako the D-ge king , i _> he will join the conspirators in freeing the ie » p _!< frim the horrible oligarchy . The . Doge _coin-cncstmeet the conspirators , and ultimately cants his lot will them , although not wi _' . hout some inward sirui 2 i *) eugainst the intended universal massacre of hi * own class . The plot has reached the moment of explusiun when all fails through the treason of one of the con spirators , who , anxious to save one of the aristocrats _, informs him of the plot , and the person thus warned forthwith Piuses the senators to a sense of their danger . The whole ot the chiefs of the conspiracy an arrested , including the Doee , put through a mock trial and executed . These _evcutB occi . rred in th « year 1335 . .

      .. The following lines occur in the course of the Doge ' . * outburst of passion on learning the sentence passvo upon Steno : — The most despised , _wrongM , outraged , helpless wretch , Who begs his bread , if it is re-fused by one , May win it from another kinder heart ; But he who h denied his right by those Whose place it is to do no prong , is poorer Than the rejected beggar—lie ' s a slave . On the occasion of meeting the conspirators the Doge unfolds his reasons for joiuinu them : —

      Our private wrongs have _spruiij _; from public vices , In this—I eaunot call it _commonwealth Nor kingdom , which hath neither prince nor people , But all the sins ofthe old Spur an state Without its virtues - temp' ranee and valour _. The Lords of Licencemon were true soldiers , But ours are Syb iritc » , while we are Helots , Of whom I am the lowest , most e-alavtd , _Although dress'd out to head a _p'ig . _> ant , as Tbe Oretks of yore made drunk their slaves to ¦ form A pastime for their children .

      » * # # * Begirt with spies torguurds— with robes for power—With pomp for _freedom—gaol' _-rs for a council—Inquisitors for ft tends—and htll f » r life ! I bad one only fount of quiet left _. And that they _poison'd ! My pure household Gods Where _sliiverM on my hearth , and o ' er tbeirsliriue Sate grinning Ribaldry and _Unerring scorn . * # * # * . # * * You are met To overthrow this monster of a _> tnte , This mockery of a _government , this spectre , Wiieh must bo exorcised with blood . * # # * *

      In operating this great _change , I claim To be one of you—it jou trust in me ; If not , strike home , —my life is compromised , Ami 1 would rather full by freemen ' s _hamJB Than live unotber day to act ihe tyrint As _delr-gate of tyrants . * * Iloply _hii ' i * I been what the senate sought , A thing of robes and trinkets , _dizrnV out To sit in state an for a sovereign ' s pie . _ure ; A popular scoutge _, a ready sentence-signer , A stickler fur the Senate and " the Forty , " A sceptic of ull measures _h-hich had not The sanction of" the Ten , " a council fawner , A tool , a fool , a _puppst , —they had ne ' er Foster'd the wretch who stung me . What I suffer

      Has reached me through my pity for the people ; Thnt many know , and they " . ho know not yet Will one day learn : meantime , I do devote , Whate ' e / the issue , my last days of life—My present power such a 8 it iB—not that Of D . iic , but of a man who has been great Before he wus degraded to a Doge , And still has individual means and mind ; I stake my fame ( and 1 had fume)—my _branth-( The least of all , for its last honrB are nigh ) My heart—my hope—niy s » ul—upon _thiscnet ! Such as I am , I ffer me to you And to your chiefs , accept me or reject me , A prince who fain would ben citizen Or nothing , and who litis left his throne to ha so . ' ' * # * * *

      # * * I hate tbe senate , I cannot pause on individual hate , In the absorbing , sweeping , whole revenge , Which , like the _sheetvd fiTt from heaven roust bV . _iBi Without distinction , as it tell of yore , Wbere the dead sea hath quenched two cities , _nBhes , Thi two principal projectors and chiefs of the conspiracy arf Israel Bertuccio and Philip Calendaro . We select from their speeches the following deathless lines , which have been and will continue to he , " watchwords" for struggling patriotB , " till the future shall be free ' . "

      Calendaro —I ' m sick of then *! protracted And hesitating _councils ; day on day Craw I'd on , aud ad-led but another link To our long fetttrn , and some fresher wrong Inflicted on our brethren or _oumlves _, Helping to swell ojr tyrants' bloated strength _. Let us but deal upon them , and I care not For tbe result , which mutt be death or freedom , I ' m weary to tbe heart of _finding neither . / Berluetio . — We must forget all feelings save the one , We must resign all paiBions save our purpose—We must behold no object save our countrj—And only look on duatb as beautiful , So that tbe sacrifice ascend to heaven , And draw down freedom on her evermore . Calendaro . — But if we fail ?

      J . Bertuccio They never fall who die In a great cause : the block may soak their gore ; Their heads may sodden in the gun ; their limbs Bu strung to city gates and citstle walls—But still their spirits walk abroad . Though years El . _ipse , and otters share as d ' . rk a do _» m , They but _aiumest the deep and sweeping thoughts Which overpower all others , and conduct Tbe world at last to freedom .

      -^Vwwv**'Y/'-''-' , ^V*»^^P«"-* , ^'*W»R...

      - _^ _vwwv _** _'y /' _- ' ' _- _' _^ v _*»^^ _p _« _" - _* _^ ' _* _w _» _rfv _^^ _rfrr _^ _y _^^ # Parisian Scandal—Who is m ?—A very scandalous affair has been for several days the subject of conversation in Parisian high life . A personage ol the highest rank , 33 years of age , and married , beina also the father of three pretty children , has been found by General D in criminal conversation with his wife , . General D , who at first did not recognise him , would have killed him on the spot , and though the personage _declared his rank , the offended husband said that he would summon him before the Court of Peers , and gave him a sound

      thrashing before dismissing him . The affnir has riven rise to many negnoiations in order to suppress the scandal , and it is said that the young man will be obliged to travel for several months . lie will go to the waters of Bareges with a younger b : utbe . r until General D—— has forgotten tlie offence . General D has long been in tho service of the Belgian government . _FAVtiisiuM . —An explosion of sun cotton has occurred at the works of Messrs Hal 1 , in this neighbourhood , by which a youth named Aimlen , about 17 years of ago . bud one cf his _thij-hs broken , and wu _? so much . otherwise injured that , ho is not expected to

      survive . - _* . '•" M . Rimsinor ; a great Rus sian landowner , has presented 8000 serfs of both sexes belong in ¦ • to him with their freedom . The King "f Prussia bas . charged M . Cornelius t < - prepare tlie drawings i ' or _u mojjuiiieiit to be erected at Berlin to perpetuate the remembrance of bis tie _creesuf the 3 rd of February for tho cuHscitution of _k General Diet . The editor of the Natchez Courier announces the deatli of his best and favou rite cow , " Mm Myers , "

      These Ake The Chambetts' Or J8«. I. W E ...

      THESE AKE THE _CHAMBEttS' Or J 8 _« . I . W have already shown to our readers the Chambers' of 1847 ; we now refer to the _previmiK ( minions 'if these changeable economists . Wheme this _wonderlul _chanee ?!

      ,,,'Vu'ttuvttment Of Waste Landsspade Il...

      _,,, 'VU ' ttuvttMENT OF WASTE LANDSSPADE ilUSBAiNDllY . ( _Promthe Information for the People , No . 12 . ) Stronger testimony in favour of _spiidi ! husbandry emild not ba well adduced , but we doubt its bring generally practised with success in the ordinary- routine ol _agrieu'ture . It seems to be best suited lor mere cottage farming , in which the labour is oflittle oxchangeahie _vahw . _ll-Win _* . ' to this point , the Rp » MrfIiH ; ey ( Martin Doyl e ) , in his _Cmlopcedi' of Practical Husbandry , observes— " On even an _extfiiHivesc'ili * of fin-mine , wo recommend spiidu husbandry in potato or cabhige culture , but not for general ( 'tops . However uratnyMiu to tlie benevolence of _, _-in individual ta _* mer it m . * ., v be to employ _» vast

      number of men to dij * his land in pivfVrenre to the nsiial _ennr-eof plmisrh and _liorsn-Iabiui _* , he must consider that there is a limit _be-oinl which he cannot multiply his labourers without occasional inconvenience and _pcrpVxity to himself , and without unceasing superintendence . Should any of the numerous en uses wiiicti may _occasion achan eof occupiers on a . given farm , or a _ohiiigeol _'^ _fcinnccurs . what is to become of the numerous _int-iilies _collec'ed by an individual _whoh- 'islnreely in _tviduced flic practice of manual labniir . axil confined Irs operations to that system alone ? What is to become ( it an excessive population of _aeri _u'turnl labourers , if their services bo no ' _o'lfrer required by the _MtCM-sser of the _spnde-hu-ban-< lry farmer ? If any one replies , " Oh , let the system i rall

      'C "em-y introduced , and there can be nn _dimmer ot then- want of _cmploj men ' , somewhere , ' the answer > a plain . If you substitute the spade for the plough to such an extent , you raise the price of In tourers _b-yond what you can afford to pay , und y ou diminish the chances of success in you _y _.-ncral farm . _peratiiins . by _Bivinir up too much time to one department ol labour . 1 imc is money to a former ; ht him lose a week in a critical _soa-on _, and the delav _m-iy be hish _' . v injurious to him in many r < spec's . _rYomptiude and dispatch arc _essential to his completion of fiirm _Inbnurs , it , the proper times : without the aid which improved machinery affords him , it would !> e utterl y impossible fur him to "ft tliroiwh his work in ' ne ro _* _mji > . Let him abandon Ihe more rapidly _w orking _idoufih , arid take the tertioas spade , and he will soun heartily regret his _PX' _-haige . After wlint

      wi * have _pn-misi'il on _tlrisMibji-cfc . it is almost superiliimis to repent , that if lliese latter remarks possess any acciiracy at all , fhey , ire merely true in their ipplicatinn to large fanners , anil not intended bv any means to _i'ffect the subject as it is connected with 'he cottier or small farmer , who hns rarely any ' . _ipiuil but his labour , and ' needs no other if be bo ¦ utfeied to nso it freely and fairly' What is tlie limit , then , to the capital of his labour ? What ized farm should be havo that will make it the -nost productive ? Why , the exact amount ; , and no _w . rc , to wmcb be enn npp _' y all _hiscapital . lias he a family , lie may then have more capital of labour to _tipstnw by their assistance * , _consequently a larger llotmrnt will be needed to employ all the capital ol more ex'ended labour . If he be _u ' ingle , chen less , of •• nurse , will suffice . " *

      The only point that remains to he settled is one connected w _.- th political economy . It is aliened by the haiiine _pmitival fcrm <> wisis nf England , that (••• _ttai-c _finmin ; - ( see article Cottage System ill the Encyclopaedia Brittanicn ) , while calculated to promoie flie / irowih of a population of paupers , is only _distracting manual labour' from its proper field of eiiiplo \ _mei ) t . I 5 ut this i-llegation proceeds on an unpmvwl assumption . If it could be shown that _i-very _ablp-b' _-died man could make five _shillings aday by working as a weaver , at a factory or any other branch of labour , the _assc tion would in part be correct ; but such is not Ihe crs " , There arc countries in which remunerative _emplo _' vment cannot hf permanently had , and in Mich Bitua'iiw—to

      which society in _Eoslund seems ailvancine—the choice is in a great measure between spade 1 ms bnndry nnd starvation , not botween spade husbandry and well-paid employment . Besides , the political economist entirely overlooks the fact , that the cottage farmer derives immense advantages from the labour of his wife and children not one of whom , mo-t likely would be able to ran a penny at . any kind of labour in towns . It is by calling up these _engines to assist him that he _cannnt- 'lo the lame flintier with all his capital and machinery—a fact distinctly proved , at least as respects thti keeping of cows and selling their produce ; no joint-slock company of cowkcepers beim . ' aMe to compete with he miscellaneous and uninnrhetab e labour of a ( nimble dairyman and his family . As fo _tlicfil ' _eirathm tha * cotimi farming would causo a deterioration in society , it is also fuu & ded on _narrow views . In inm . ) parts of the canton of Vand and elsewhere in

      _Mvitzerlaiid , where the farms are all small , and mostly wrought by their proprietors , ttiere is no pauperism worthy ofthe name , no overplus , populaiion ; ami who would compare the _otderlincss of manners , the sobriety and thriltincss of tbe _peo--K and _> he small amount of . evinie in tlviacountrv , wiih the vine intemperance , and povevy , fur which England . ind Sc _itlatid , with all their lnr"e and splendid farms _are now _bi'pmning unhappily _distint'iiisbed ? It _mit-bt be difH nit to prove that _lit _^ e farms have been , in any material _degreee , tin- cause of the social evils now exciting so much attention ; but it is clear that they have not prevented those evils-Without going so _fnrns to say _thatc'ttage-farming would furoM _)» universal remedy , we think that , independently of its use in incrcasine the productive uirtace ofthe country , it would at least afford some relief , and « _t ( M to t . liiit . s ° ctmiio ' ' tliGoopulatioii whieh ia still in a healthful moral condition .

      Great Sturm In India. Intelligence From ...

      GREAT STURM IN INDIA . _Intelligence from Bombay brought by the Overland Mail state * that the _all-engrossing topic has been the occurrence of n , terrific gale on the Malabar coast , by which an immense deal of _damage , _b-ith to _sli-ppinir and other property , has been done . Numer-> _tix disasters have taken place by sea and land . The ¦< hip Mermaid , Captain Ilndger ' s , whioh left Bombay _m the 11 th of April , for Singapore ai : d China , was _inveked nn the _JO'li off a village about five miles to hoMoiitbward of Viagurlah . Happily no lives were ioal . I he fine ship Buckinghamshire , Captain M'Gre-2 _ov , bound fmii London to Bombay , was totally _disnt'iAted near Vimjoilsih .

      The Pattimus _Itupparcll , bound to Calicut from Bombay put back from sea a day or two since , and brines . some _lamenfab ' e _tidings of the effects of the i > ale which she encountered about 100 miles from Bombay . Numbers of _Pattimars arc supposed to have foundered , and it is feared the loss of lite and property must he immense . Amongst others , the I'at'imar Sibaad _Palkee , on her way from Calicut to _Bombay , with Government timber , has been lost off Jii / eer . The inhabitants said that the oldest among them never remembered such a " typhoon . "

      While here the loss of above twenty vessels was ascertained ; the crews of some of fbem arrivod at Jaueer . _Thsre was a report amongst the people on shore ofthe loss of a boat with some European soldiers , and of a bugln with horses . On her wav hither , the Itupparcll passed the wreck of a _lare ; e vessel , supposed to be ' Nowrojee ' _s Botella , ' laden with timber , and several dead bodies floated past her . Cocoa nuts in abundance were also seen in the water , no doubt part of _caruoes thrown overboard _durins : the gale , or washed from the wrecks of foundered vessels .

      The _Sesostris _stearaer was , on the 21 st of April , safe at Cannanore , " TBUicnKRnr . April 20 . We had a severe storm on the 17 th . Oii the _evenine . of the 16 tb , a strong calo from the S . E . warned ns of the advent of the tempest . At seven , p . m ., we had one continued shower of rain , witb vivid sheets of _lightning , nnd dreadful claps ol thunder . On the 17 th the sea was very high ; it swept on shore many of the native vessels moored in the harbour , of which one was wrecked . The rivere , too . overflowed , inundating the paddy fields and _hishwnys for the distance of four hundred yards . A scarcity , it is feared , will be the effect of tho overflow , for tho paddy _swds already sown have been swept away . The services rendered by the

      Master-Attendant on that day are highly deserving of praise . Our _neighbours at Cnnannore have been more unfortunate than we . In one fell . sweep , 25 shops and two . warehouses were destroyed , the Customhouse Injured , and a large warehouse belou ** - _ini to the Beebnr nearly demolished . The proprietors of the _gn-downs were _oblij-ed to destroy the rear wall of the buildings , and remove tho articles . One Paltimar _, bel onging to the Delal Verapen , and another , were wrecked , and the corpse of a woman was washed ashore near tho Fort of Cannanore . Bales of goods were found strewed ou the margin of the sea neat ' Mahi , and it is supposed somo vessel off Badagberry has been destroyed . Had the tempest raged for an hour more , the _buildings now alone ; thy beach at Telllcherry would have only presented a heap of ruins .

      I.O\Nos «V» A'Ijbtii-Wi-Stkr.V Raimvay, ...

      I . o \ _nos « v » A _' _ijbtii-Wi-stkr . v _Raimvay , — The liberality whieh this company has shown , in conveying provisions and olothiiiir for the destitute Irish _, free , has been suddenly checked bv a discovery of the fraud by which Uic privilege has been abused . It is painful tothii k that there are unprinci p ' ed pen-on- * "iv . _uly _tonr-ike a trade by _fiandnlently reprrscntine ill ir packages as uifts for the starving population ot our _sist- _'i' isle , and thus obtaining free _cai-ringo _oihem along the railway ; and it is lamentable thai _i he Free scope of generous feeling should be _clioi'k « ' hy such _imposition . We understand that since tin - _' _oiMtK-ncement of the Irish ' amino tho Lond . m and _N ' _orth-lVcstern Company have conveyed , free of _'lia-rje , a _weight of goods which , at the ordinnrj _IVei-jht ? , would have produced between £ 1 , 000 and . £ 2 , 000 to the company .

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      W Jiilr Er-Onnn't- Point Mik^Ta-Rmo, A,V...

      W jiilr _Er-onNn _' _t- Point _MiK _^ _tA-rmo , _a , v » _I-Ikl » nps I'omrarr l ) mo _' -J-nnv l . ind _hasi-nlv imtned a * remuneration f _.-rmrs _.-. _}„; _,, Liverpool for six _nnibts _. the small sum of .- £ 500 a night , Report .-avs hpr _eneflecmentat ilicQueen _' t * Theatre brincr- her in £ / 5 n 0 weeklyJor _t | m . e „ _* , _„ ¦ _, „ ptrformar . j S f be . spies _beinir _proyiilid with alwiv-p tn live in . a carriafre fo- * _hernwn ice . and covers |) _,. ; , g _••¦• _( Jj _., _jj y a _^ h _* r own mansion for twenty persons ! 5 j . \ oniMi!—it is remarked of t |) e Chines * _ianfiuage . ibat there isnot a word in _ittb-itexoreyxes the true idea o _' sin . and tlie nlv wnrtl which comes near it is one _sttsviftinen ' -roach «(' _" _* n ! i _»? tH _>!« . -.

      Protbstant Bariks . —The New York Iltrald eon-( ninsnn advertisement _f''"m ' _"¦•¦ I ' spectabe _vourg woman who wislif- in net a * _irft-vvr _^ p to a l ' _j _*/ i !/> . » _tnnt-baby !"—It wns _^ ir _Diybv Vaekwnr'h . we lelieve , who b " , i- * tfd that lie "as horn a Prote-iant ; the same fashion of natality stems to prevail in _AmH-a . Tub _IIkko of Ar . iwAr /<« Oprvm of War . —At a dinner given to _G-neral Henry Smith by bis former fompat inns in arm * , he is reported to have nxiil" He trusted tb » t- < h n pp . _*> _C" nf W ; _ilprb » _wmiMrmitinne _, I ' or our profession , " said h" . '' it is a damnable tndo . and if it mu-t be that we have . < o tier , let it be _eai-ied on with the utmost _miliiation of its horrnr « .

      I iik Lav — i be lily is rxr > rp . «? p'l by fhn term Shii « _li , in in He _b rew , whieh denotes light , and is _S'U'd to have if « name from d ' e property it , possesses ofrefieetine / lieht . One of the eaoita ! cities i" Persia is nanipd Slinshan from the nlwdance of lilies of a beautiful _Itirjil whieh t ; row in its _Pt-iehbonrl / _nod . IleRRirti . _R , — . A man named Samuel . "Mills , a " navvy , " has been committed for trial to Lancaster Castle t ' ov ii horrible n « _saiilt ., committed under the most _rev-Itine- eirenm'itniiees , nt Prest-n _. on a child , named Jane Emnnd-nn . under four y < ars of aye . _Tiik Caxt' _-n _Moni-mkxt — A _coi " espnpdent ' the Daily few Riimiest _* thaf . il * thp authors , publishers _, compositors , _nrr-germ-p , paper makers , " Ae ... _tvoti'd everv man suhoeribe nn _averneeenrn ofsixnence . err bead _tbr / . _n-lmnt , the kinethm . Mir * _neeessn-v funds for _ci-eetimr the monument , wenld be provided .

      Tim _W RtI , TtTIlvPn _Tjp . = mi' TW . v . — The crabs of the Keelir > iT _Ijlnmls . j » ») , _« Pneifie Oee _. _in , cat poena . mils . Iv _. rin ,, „ Me tlimneh Ihe shell with one of f , hp | V _nhiws ; f | , _fi-h en * enml . nnd Hip does hunt fish in _l-hn shallow wafer nn the reef the men ride on turtle , anil tlipslmlls ( the pi-antic Chama ) are _dansptwi . o _nian-M-nps ; the rearer part nf ' the _seafowjrnosth on _hrnnphw , and _rrnipv nflhn rats make _fliefrnpst-i nt the top n _»' lii L- | j _pUltn trees . —British _Quarterly Review . May , 18 H . Another Fai . i , in * the Price "F Bread —Gn Mon » day another fall in _thepripo of bread . » o the extent ofone Penny in t !> p 4 'b _Kif . was mn'h hv all the bakers : the second _htend beinc vnw _rediiepd t . 9 _" _-rl . the loaf i n < _he c ' _fv and wp « t pnr ! T _' e bent _whenien sells nt lOd . to lO _' il ., brown or rye bread is 8 _J'I . the loaf

      Ism _LonoiNO-House for _Wnnicivo Men —The Snnief _. v for imnroving the Condition of Ihe '• Vnrking _Clashes have fitted up _•» new _lodcim ? hou . se for single men nt No . 2 . Cbar ' _ee . < _-freet , _Dnirv-Iane , The _arrangements whi _.-U we bad -., v , c , _pnnrtur . _ity of _inspeetint" on _Satttrdav . arc _excellent ; every " s _> rp & mmodat on being provider ! for aboof ci « btv persons at acosto ! fo \ irpe _.-eepe > ' night . This sum ine _' _wles tlieu « eof _aUath , wa-hbon _* -e , and _con ' _-in !/ utensils , The house is in ml mi rn hip nr _* 'cr as regards cleanliness . & . <} ., and appears to be well ventilated .

      West _Tndiav Yam »—The . iwipn . rr . iM-m of these yams continue to t » k - p larp from the West _In- _'ies in _mijeh larger quantities V an wed _form-rlv 'tn be the _c-r <\ A vesse ha « arrived _fn-m St Kin ' s and Eustatius , bavins the larce _qnanM'v nf 100 _barrc's on board : thev are nndpn'n _> wl to he nf a very nutritious _eharaeter , and as an _cculpvtt , form an exeollent addition fo the usual and common articles of human food . Canine Sagacity . — -A short time sineen favourite dog _beloncinc to a person i'p « Min ! r nt the I _. v . war this town ( _StnttrbritU'c ) _, - bad its ear seven Vy hurt , and was taken for two or three davs tn a ehoniNt ' s shoo , to have it drpssed . On the fourth _m'Toing , however , the sagacious _an'mal went tn tbe simp by itse'f , and , rest . _ins its b n ad nn tbe counter , _nntiently

      awaited the usual dressing nf tho ear . If , continued to do this every morning till the ear was we'l . - Twa _Fathfr- " to ab _ISaih . v . _—Doiwb C . vsto ; Wa _' 8 . —The , late ll' * v . Dr _Murray was vi ited by ' _wp females , to take his advicp . The first stated that she had born a child , and that the father would not ow it . "Very hard . " quo' tbe doctor , "but-we'll try him fair . " The second , _seoing the sympathy of the good old man , was hold in s'atinc tint she happened to be with child to _ano'Iier man when she was marred , ami that her _hus _' _-and would not _a'lotv her to remain with him . TheDr being old , ami _nafm-allv quick of temper , got quite _ftirioii's and ordered her—' Out of my bouse in a moment ; _ye . 'U come and torment me wi ye ' i * _hazards : this poor woman would be glad if she bad ae lather to . ber child ; but as for you . ye ' ve twa to voar _' _s .

      Westminster Mbntal Impkowmkst Society.— ...

      Westminster Mbntal _Impkowmkst Society . — The Government System of Education was the . _mbjectfor _I'UcueKinn on Saturday evening , M iv the 29 U ) . Mr William Bowler was ca I ' pit to the chair . Mr _Walford commenced the debate , and said it appeared to bim that the government wi > s ¦ pending one hundred thousand pounds for the _pnnm-e of making prosalytes to the Church of _Englntd . Hecould not see any reason , if the pnymert wen- to be national , why the education _shoitbl not be national , without _reference to any creed whatever , lie did not like the idea of State Education , nor did he like the idea of the government under present circumstances havipg so much _additional patronage placed at their command . Cobbett was right

      when he said State Education was State Spyism . Mr Cathie said tbe question just amounted to this , shall we have a Government Education , or shall we have a voluntary system of education ? He looked on Mr E'lwurd Baines as generally a close _rensoi-er , though after _rea-ing him attentively , he nnist confess bis leaning towards a State Education , lie thi' -usht if the people were properly educated , we should not have so much to pay for crime ; but be thought a seculiar education much _preferable to a religious one , as in a secubu * form all could be partaker * , but in a _relisious form , all but those of a _particular form of religion were shut out , and there were as good moral men to be found amongst those who did not adopt any particular religious creed , as there were amongst those who did .

      Mr Stau . wo « d said he recollected when a certain system of College Education was proposed for Ireland a short time since , it was denounced by the late Daniel O'Connell and " Little John , ' ' and their Satellites as an * 'Infidel education . " and tbe colleges were denominated " Godless , " and he much feared had the Ministry propounded a secular education , at the present time they would have met no better f » tc from the fanatLs of dis-ent . All denominations agreed a religions eiluca-ion was the thing , although all differed as to what that form of religion Rbouldbo . For bis t art be did not care so niuth about flie cost , it might hove been half a million and ho would not grumble , provided that all might be partakers without prejudice , which he thought conld

      never be , so long as any system of theology was ( aught in the schools , lie was for having education at any price , and believed that the same learning ihnt enabled a person to read the Bible , also enabled that person to read Percy _Byshe Shelley or Byron . ( Cbcors . ) Mr Tmmbledid not th _' nk the present si stem of Government Education could work well , lie did not like to seen measure come _tbrmgh the Privy Council , he preferred the more constitutional mode of a bill being brought in , discussed , and passed by the legislature . He objected to one party or parish , who could subscribe a certain amount , having assistance from the government , as it left those wbo most needed it without . ( Loud cheers . ) He looked upon the pension as a _bribs , and one thnt would incline the teacher to lean to the government — ( hear , hear)—and who were the persons likely to till such

      oihees ? Why such as were recommended by the parsons , magistrates , & c , and those who did not succeed sufficient to gain a pension were to have places provided for them in the customs , post-office , or elsewhere , lie could see nothii g but corruption in the whole scheme . ( Loud cheers . ) Mr Biwomb did not like tbe idea that children should be either taught politics or theology . He thought those _: questions should be left to " pen ons who had arrived at manhood . Ho objected to a Monarchial Government having the power to educate the people , but would notobject to a republican government possessing such power , simply because the latter sprung from and where ofthe people , whilst monarchy was founded in fraud and blood . U was very curious , but _equally trim that soma mem _bers ofthe ministry wore Unitarians , some Catholics , and some Materialists ,

      yet tbey all agreed in a religious eduoation lor th peoole ; what motive could there bo lor this , « xcep to keep the people in a state of blindness and _aupsi slition . ( Loud cheers . ) Mr Tilling thought th voiithful mind should be instructed in the ercn truths of Christianity , nnd he knew of no books s likely to moralise men as tho Bible . Ik * though it necessar y to keep them from such works as 1 o : Panic ' s . He also thought it quite right to exclttd Catholics seeing that the government w . _ts pre f . _gscdlviv Protestant oue . Mr _Ueoghan said Inn the wav in which the last gentleman had referred ( Paine ' s works , be was satisfied be read them—( hear , hear)—and as re lies , tliey wcrc pa " RU on to _oPnti-. ind consequently bo could not see i hum i \ iii i \ vi

      eluding them . ' ( Cheers . ) On tho mo , _twr | -nf : ' ;* M Sweeny , the motion wa * adjourned until $$ _lnj li ) i ( this evening ) , Junel 5 th _, nt eight o _' eloe _^ _plwK't-rj ( "he question , '* The merits of the severs _^ _ndblhii for tho representation of the city . of _^ V _^ fcmjj stcr . will be discussed cu Saturday ev _^ _wOuj the 12 th t » IW § r > n um _^ m n ' c ! oc _^ p _| _w > vi _BrerAll i _»

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), June 5, 1847, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_05061847/page/3/